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Liberal and conservative political beliefs are shaped by early childhood parenting environments. 
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Political liberals are more likely to remember their dreams than conservatives.
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What is power? According to Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, game theory expert and author of The Dictator’s Handbook, it’s the ability to get other people to do things they wouldn’t otherwise do. Game theory, in a nutshell, is a method of predicting human behavior in a given situation based on the motives of the players involved. And when it comes to people in power, says de Mesquita, their primary motive – the one that most reliably predicts their behavior – is to stay in power.
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Does the quest for balance in news stories open journalists up to claims of bias? It's all about the framing.
Mariana Soffer's comment,
June 28, 2012 6:53 AM
biases are pervasive, you need to calibrate your mind in order to do that
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Leopold Kohr argued that size matters--and unlike most that argue for the same, he argued that political entities must not be too large. In the map above, Kohr envisioned a Europe without countries large enough to dream of world domination. So, how does a country's size shape its politics? Is there an ideal size for internal unity and external security? Via Martin Daumiller
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All the most fundamental institutions of a functioning society—healthcare, education, criminal justice, banking, politics– “do not work the way that they should.” Our carrots and sticks seem to miss the point, or make things worse. To resolve the problem one need only return to the ancient Greeks. “We need virtue,” he said. “A virtue that Aristotle referred to as ‘practical wisdom.’” It is very simple, really. Practical wisdom is “the will to do the right thing and the skill to figure out what the right thing is. “
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Over the course of 2011's momentous Arab Spring uprisings, young women in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen used social media and cyberactivism to carve out central roles in the revolutionary struggles under way in their countries, according to a new study commissioned by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
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Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, served as lead researcher for a study that had some not so surprising results. According to his team’s findings, there is a significant positive correlation between prejudice, low intelligence, and social conservative ideology, reports LiveScience.
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From brain scans we can conclude that politicians of a different ideology live in different worlds. This is relevant since it significantly hinders a unified policy. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=neuroscience
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In September 2011, Pew released the latest in its annual "Views of the News Media" survey, showing that Democrats have moved closer to Republicans in their dissatisfaction with the performance of the news media. Across questions asked, of particular note were the trends above that showed that about 2/3 of partisans of all stripes believe that news stories are often inaccurate. Articles about Media: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=media
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America’s fighting men and women provide a sterling example of how to become sustainable, reduce energy consumption and save lives — all without pitting ideological sides against one another, according to research by a University of Kansas professor.
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Journalist Chris Mooney discusses his new book, "The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Reject Science -- and Reality."
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When people consume information in a difficult-to-read font, they are likely to form a more moderate opinion of the information they have read, suggests a study just published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.
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Do politicians really think they won't be caught when they lie?
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New research from psychological science explores factors operating in political attitudes that could explain why political ideology and prejudice are often linked.
Wai Kit's curator insight,
June 29, 2013 11:08 AM
From this article, I learnt that there are many types of prejudice towards various stereotype groups. People select and interpret evidence consistent with their own pre-existing attitudes and ideologies. 
Gautam's curator insight,
July 2, 2013 9:20 AM
From this article I learnt that thre are many types of prejudice towards various stereotype groups. Also that these people intepret evidence based on their own judgements. 
Nathaniel Loreno Arendayen's curator insight,
July 2, 2013 11:52 AM
Using the 'see-think-wonder', I can see that there are various types of prejudice towards certain stereotype groups and that it affects politics in a large scale. I think that these various types of prejudice should cease. Nothing can be gained out of hate, already bad situations only get worse when prejudice is involved. I wonder why the prejudice is such a commonly linked issue with politics.
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Ancient Maya reference to 2012 involved politics, not prophecy... “This text talks about ancient political history rather than prophecy,” says excavation codirector Marcello Canuto of Tulane University in New Orleans. “In times of crisis, the ancient Maya used their calendar to promote continuity and stability rather than to predict apocalypse.” More on MAYAN CALENDAR: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=mayan%20calendar
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Swedish consumers are increasingly buying fair trade, vegetarian and ecological products, but is it really making the world a better place?
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Armed extremists are targeting nuclear and nanotechnology workers.
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Voters prefer older-looking presidents in times of war, according to research published May 23 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
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When drugs are launched, we expect rigorous testing, so why don't we use science to help determine government policies, asks Mark Henderson...
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Interests in rich countries — mainly multinational corporations (MNCs) make deals with local governments to attain land for their own big-money projects, sometimes evicting locals from their traditional homes and farmland, and contributing to food insecurity. Over the past 10 years, almost 800,000 square miles of land has been bought or leased (eight times the size of Britain), mostly in Asia and Africa.
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After the 2008 election of President Barack Obama, many proclaimed that the country had entered a post-racial era in which race was no longer an issue. However, a new large-scale study shows that racial attitudes have already played a substantial role in 2012, during the Republican primaries. They may play an even larger role in this year's presidential election.
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Eyes of a certain curvature and a slight widow’s peak can help win an election. Articles about PSYCHOLOGY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=psychology
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The experience of free will is more basic than any other. Everyone naturally feels he or she is the author of his or her choices and character. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=neuroscience
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Automatically. immigrants already are put down by society and have to work twice as hard to prove themselves or to be successful.